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2021-09-27
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  1. “We can close the door to nuclear testing for good only if we keep reminding our Government, communities and leaders that this is one of the most urgent tasks before us. As Executive Secretary Floyd has said, we should remain optimistic realists. I wholeheartedly believe that a world without nuclear tests is a better world. The CTBT is our path to get there. Let us finish what we started.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  2. “Young people have always been agents of change because we are devoted, passionate and eager to face challenges. That makes us the best advocates for international disarmament and non-proliferation, which will ultimately make the world a more peaceful, just and sustainable place. I therefore urge organizations and entities at the national, regional and global levels to provide the power and tools to young people to promote and advocate those noble values, because our voice is worth hearing. I also encourage senior leaders to include the perspectives and ideas of young people in their work and offer opportunities to the next generation of leaders to deal with the complex issues of today in order to prepare for a better tomorrow.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  3. “I attended the CTBT Science and Technology Conferences in 2017, 2019 and 2021 and the second CTBT Science Diplomacy Symposium, held in 2018, where, as a scientist, I got to learn and appreciate the diplomacy aspect and how we can use science communication to inform policymaking. The second way of advancing the CTBT is by including the younger generation in the sphere of nuclear disarmament through dialogue, education platforms and capacity-building events. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” We, the younger generation, play a cardinal role in promoting diversity, pluralism, tolerance and building trust and interest in democracy and international peace.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  4. “An example is the work of the CTBTO Youth Group, where young people from all over the world and different professional backgrounds have been educated on the importance and relevance of the CTBT through the Youth Group’s introductory curriculum, interactive webinars, research fellowship programme and various initiatives, such as the Building Bridges initiative, which gives us the ability to better advocate for the CTBT’s entry into force. The former First Lady of South Africa, Graça Machel, once said, “Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mindset of youth today”. Science and diplomacy are other tools that we can use to promote the treaty.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  5. “Promoting and encouraging the usage of the data from the International Monitoring System, especially in the scientific community, is one of the ways we can advance the CTBT. There are various ways we can promote the CTBT, and those include but are not limited to education to provide the necessary awareness of disarmament, since that is such a specialized sphere. Creating that awareness will make it easier for people to advocate for the CTBT in their capacities.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  6. “Over the past 25 years the CTBTO, through the state-of-the-art International Monitoring System — which consists of 337 seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide monitoring stations and laboratories around the world — has proven its capacity to act as a comprehensive global monitoring system. The organization ensures that no nuclear test explosion goes unnoticed by the international community. Apart from detecting nuclear explosions, the data from the International Monitoring System has been used in various scientific applications, which are not limited to investigating climate change, tracking radiation or warning about tsunamis. In my case, the data has been of great help, especially in my training as a seismic analyst, and in research by complementing data from the local seismic stations.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source

  7. “Ms. Wanyaga: I am very pleased to be with the Security Council today. My name is Magdalene Wangui Wanyaga. I am from Kenya, and I am a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Youth Group, where I am an education coordinator. I am also a Project Manager at SandRose Ltd. where I am tasked with providing environmentally friendly solutions in the mining and other sectors in Kenya and East Africa. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a key part of the global non-proliferation and disarmament architecture. It inhibits more countries from developing nuclear weapons and represents a meaningful step towards a world free of nuclear weapons. Many CTBTO Youth Group members are the same age as the CTBT, but the Treaty has yet to enter into force.”

    2021-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8865 (2021) · source